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CONTEMPER
Definition of CONTEMPER
verb
To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONTEMPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTEMPER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CONTEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CONTEMPER?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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